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So, I'm at UCLA. I'm not exactly sure what our median is, but I think it's about 3.25, and 3.3 is about top 40%. The cutoff for virtually all Big Law jobs during first summer OCI was 3.3. After first year, I had a 3.28, and, as such, I basically struck out at OCI. Magically, my grades have been getting better (indeed, my second semester was much better than my first, and this last semester was even better). I just got my grades and it looks like I got a 4.0 last semester, raising my GPA to 3.43 ish. I don't expect to get striaght A's this semester, but I expect to do well enough to raise the GPA to around 3.5. As a rising 3L, will that be enough to at least get some call backs at Big Law firms that interview rising 3L's? Do tell, wise sages.